Life After High School. Is It Scary? You Bet.

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: Don't own anything.

Summary: Geez, whatever you reckon.

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When Emma and all the rest left, I crouched and bawled my eyes out. I

couldn't believe it. My best friend had chosen lust over her best friend

ever. And what's more, she told me to burn in Hell. Frodo and Jandimara held

me close and rocked me back and forth. For all I knew, Jandimara was my best

friend now.

Later, when I was back at home, I just lay on my bed and cried. I cried so

hard, I had to rush to the bathroom to throw up. That little bitch never

wanted me as a best friend. My leg hurt so much where Emma had kicked me. I

lay back on my bed and began to cry again. I felt a familiar presence appear

out of thin air next to me. I knew without looking around that it was Mark's

spirit. He put a ghostly hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, Little Sister. What's the matter? You are crying so hard I can hear

you in Heaven."

I began to tell him everything. He looked shocked at the things I said about

Benny and Lucas. His two best friends. I bet he thought they would at least

help me. And he looked especially mad when I told him about Emma, betraying

me. He stayed for a little while longer before disappearing, promising to

scare the living bejesus out of his two former best friends.



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When I finally came downstairs, I found Frodo, Jandimara, Stacey, Tracey,

Baz, and the rest of my family sitting around the table, looking miserable.

I wandered through to the lounge and saw Boromir holding a beer bottle in

his hand, drinking himself into oblivion. I went out the front door and sat

on the tyer swing, looking out into the distance. I heard a little sob from

behind the tree, I looked around and saw Wendy, sitting there, crying. I sat

next to her and put her in my lap.

"Colan's gone." She said and flung her arms around my neck. She began to cry

into my shoulder. I just held her. All the crying was out of me. Suddenly, I

got up, still holding the child, I led her to the tyer swing and put her on

it. Then I rushed to where Winsome stood, I saddled her and galloped away

toward Lothlorien. Only one person could help me now, and that was Lotti, my

aunt. I rode like the wind and in four hours, I had made it to the outskirts

of Rohan. Lotti, had run away when she was young, away from my mothers

parents. They had been deranged. She had run to Lorien, to get help from

elves. At least full elves could be trusted, not those ratty half elves. The

only half elves I trusted now, were Kivan and Ranger Silverblade. They were

Emma's brothers. They had never come to our school. I knew they lived in

Lorien as well. I could visit them.

Another four hours past and I got to Lothlorien. I got off my beautiful

horse and led her quietly towards the main part of the forest. There was a

bark behind me, I whirled around and found that Frodo had followed me,

bringing Casper and Starlet and my little girl with him. I smiled.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, and Frodo smiled, handing Ria over to

me.

"I couldn't let you go alone. I knew you were going somewhere because Wendy

came and tattled." He smiled again. "I know what happened yesterday was

terrible, and it shouldn't have happened. Why did you come to Lorien?"

"I came to see my aunt and two old friends, who I know for sure won't betray

me."

"Who are you and what is your business in Lorien?" came a voice. I turned. I

saw a blonde elf. I held my little girl.

"I am Jamita Olesse Baggins. I came to see my aunt, Lotti Drefail."

"And I am Dergon, guard of Lorien. I will take you to Lotti myself, she is

very well known in Lorien."

"Thank you, Dergon."

Dergon led the way to Lotti's house in the trees. She hugged me when she saw

me.

"Jamie! How good of you to visit. Why are you here?"

I told her of everything that had come to pass during the last two days.

Lotti looked shocked, then sad, then angry. "I think we should call Kivan

and Ranger, what do you think, I don't think that they will be to pleased

with their little sister."

I nodded. Lotti went out to the stair well that lead back down to the

ground. She let a shrill whistle pass through her fingers and in five

minutes, both Kivan and Ranger had sped up the stairs. They saw me and

grinned.

"Jamie! How good to see you again." They both gave me a hug and listened

over a cup of coffee at what their little sister had done. I swear, I have

never seen either of them look so angry, shocked or bewildered. I told of

my brother's ghost telling me what he would do.

Ranger spoke up after a while. "Well, we can't really do anything. For one

thing, we don't know where she's gone and for another, if she doesn't like

you anymore, who says she'll like her own family. I know dad was an asshole,

but that's beyond the point. I never really like Damon or his family. They

always were no hopers."

Kivan agreed. "There is nothing we can do. Maybe she'll come around in time.

But who knows. She can hate people for years on end. Billee and this

Legolas, I don't know about."

I pulled out the photo album I had in the saddle bag. I looked at all the

photos of us all, including the year twelve class photo. I sighed. When I

came to the photo of Billee, Me, Emma and Elrond all together, I couldn't

help but cry.